48: Peco makes some
very handy turn-
out templates that
are a free download
from their website. I
planned to use a mix of
code 70 and code 83
track and turnouts in
this area, since I really
needed a few of Peco's
curved #8 turnouts.
Yet I was connecting
with an area that was
all done with code
70 track and Micro
Engineering turnouts.
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Time for Sub-Roadbed
Finally with all of the backdrop work completed I could begin
trackwork. I wasted no time hoisting the piece of 3/4" birch
plywood back on top of the risers and planning my trackwork
for East Towanda and Towanda Yard.
49: Once I'd arrived at a track layout, I used the track
arrangement to mark the cuts on the big sheet of ply-
wood, and the here is the result. Note the cut at the bot-
tom to fit existing sub-roadbed.
50: In this view, the yard and ladder down at the far end
are all in place. I chose to add feeders as I built it, with
each piece of rail getting a feeder, and turnouts getting
quite a few.
MRH-Jan 2014
